Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-10-01
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Indianapolis has released Leitner
The jersey City club is s. 600 behind on the sea-
Tebeau Chicago's new man, has not shown up
SO grandly as expected.
Manager CaylOr has released Sadie HOuck, Ger
hardt, Parsons, and Sommers.
Won der Abe says he expects to clear $4,000 on
his exhibition games.
Gore captains the New Yorks while Ewing and
ORourke are not playing.
Kelly would like TO go to New York for next
season.
Jack Chapman may be asked to take Gafrney's
place as manager or MISUNDERSTANDING
Brouthers was presented with a gold-headed
cane anu horseshoe by his friends last Saturday.
captain COmlSkeyS thumb is mend1ng slowly,
out ne VIII be On hand In the worlds champion
ship series.
umpiring the Detroit-St. Louis series OF games
Pttts6urg Chronicle Telegraph.
Fifty cents will be charged for admission to all
the worlds championship games In league grounds
between the Detroits and st. Louis.
All talk about the selling out OF the Washington
ei cur Is mere gossip. The club has made money,
put the discipline Is not what 1t ought to have
been.-BOstOH Courier.
John Morrill,, BostOn's first baseman, has never
yet during his long and honorable career ON the
diamond been fined or otherwise punished for auy-
thlng.-Cieuelond Plain Dealer.
President stearns sent the following Geographic
query 10 President Spalding: "Dont you think Pm
entitled to vote Of thanks for refusing to have
the games played:'-Free Press.
The Western Association was organized Tuesday
night. The circuit will be omaha, Chicago, Kan
saS City, Lincoln, DeS Mones Minneapolis, ST.
Paul, and Milwaukee. Won Der Abe wanted to
make IL training school for the Browns, and had
purchased players for his team, but the scheme
failed and ST. Louis was dropped from the circuit.
story is going the rounds that McQuade. Calf
ney, ana ferguson, the three leading umpires in
the procession, have agreed to demand $1,000 for
the next season, or refuse altogether to 1t
Is thought Yves Curry is also in the agreement.
The Washington club directors have Endorsed
Mr.. HewittS suspension OF Gtlltgan but ordered
the reinstatement OF Dealy. The board also re-
FUSED To consider any changes for next year, and
probably will not until IT is too late to secure any
OF the cream OF rising players.-Erchange.
JOnn Is. Day, when questioned on the percen-
tage question, said he should not object to d.
vision OF receipts on the basis OF 20 per to the
visiting club. Speaking OF the Brotherhood, he
said the reason the League would not recognize it
was because OF the secrecy OF the organization.
De5 M01neS claims TO have lost over twenty
gaines this season through drunkenness in its
ranks. Washington would be higher up in its
League race but for the same trouble and there is
hardly a club In the country which doesn't suffer
more or less from the demon 1ntemperance. Here
Is real work for the Ball Players Brotherhood
Sporting Lire.
The date OF the worlds championship game at
ST. Louis Is set for october 10. During the series
the Detroit team Will consist or the following
players: Getzein. Conway and Baldwin, pitchers;
Bennett and Camel, catcherS; BrOuthers Dunlap
and White, baSemen; Rowe, short stop; Richard.
son, Hanlon and Thompson, nelderS, and Twir-
chcll, substitute.
.That the Browns defeat Detroit-s7OO to 81. 900
or any part thereof That is the legend chalked
upon the blackboard Of st. Louis baseball pool
room. Yet the betting men or ST. Louis so 1t Is
said, who frequent the place do not seem to think
that Detroit Is strong enough to back at these
Odds and so the oTfer remains untaken. There is
which will back the st. Louis champions at the
above rates.